Cloudburst

A romantic road movie starring Oscar®-winning actresses Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker as Stella and Dot, an aging couple who escape from a nursing home in Maine and drive to Nova Scotia on a quest to be legally married.

Dotty and Stella have lived together for the last 31 years on the coastline of Maine. But when Dotty takes a fall and 911 has to be called, her granddaughter Molly wonders if her Grandma’s ‘friend’ Stella can truly care for Dotty anymore, and arranges for Dotty to live in a nursing home. Unwilling to live without one another, Stella and Dotty hit the road to Nova Scotia to get legally married. But the road is long and rough, and Stella begins to wonder if she really can take care of Dotty in their old age. After 31 years, can they keep their family together?

Winner Audience Choice Award, Best Film, Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival 2011
Winner Best Feature Film Award, Montreal Image+Nation Film Festival 2011

Directed by Thom Fitzgerald, Canada, 2011 

Duration: 93mins